Railways May Ask Counsel Advises Board 30 Ptr Ctnt Booit Sought May Bt Insufficient; Pointi to 3 Increases to U.S. Linei By JOHN LEBLANC Canadian Preu Staff Writer OTTAWA, Nov. 12 (CP)-—Further freight-rate Increases may be sought by the Canadian railways on top of the 30-per cent boost they now are asking, the Board of Transport Com mlssioners was told today. C. F. H. Carson, chief counsel for the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 30-per cent case, advised the Board that percentage increase might prove "insufficient'.' for requirements and that a further hoist might have to be sought next year. Mr. Ctrion, continuing final argu-f mtnt ln the case, pointed out that I year had elapsed ilnce the railway, made the still-pending application. They mignt never be able to recoup the revenues they "loit" In 1047, he said. The CP.R. couniel said lt was certain net earnings ot that company for JjJ-7 would fall "far short of making tny adequate contribution te requirements." He added United States railways already had obtained three Increases tlnce the war. REFUSAL DANGEROUS Mr. Canon Occupied the full day in argument before the commissioner.. Making an appeal for ade- quatt funds to maintain efficient railway operations, he said evidence It the long hearing "plainly demon- itrttes that railway earnings were "groiily Inadequate." There wai "dire need" of the 30- per cent Increase, he laid, calling it the "minimum requirement." It would be "dangerous" he held, for the Board to refuse an increase on tbe bagis of an apparent improvement in 1947 finances reflecting subnormal maintenance spending. It wu fundamental that rates should be iet on tht btsis of a normal progrim. Much of Mr. Carson's irgument today wu devoted to tttacks on the testimony af Walter J. MacDonald, accountant witness for Manitoba tnd Saskatchewan, who had been critical of iome aspects of C.P.R. finances including its maintenance eeftt. PHOVliv.lAL LlBRA s: I >, Wall Street iveraf es Lowest Since Sept. 30 Premier Visits Canadian Graves By JAMES McCOOK Cintdltn Prtti Stiff Wrlttr THE HAGUE, Nov. 12 (Cp) — 'ime Miniiter Mackenzie King to- - drove more than 100 miles rein-drenched Belgium and croaiing the border it the villige of Putte wheat Belgian chlldrtn crowded tround him wav- Iruf fligi and shouting: "Canida!" Through Mtllgnei and Antwerp nil airtomoblle moved in territory known to Cinadian soldiers ind little groups of ptoplt ipring to attention on tht streets when they saw tht Ctnidlin flig fluttering on tht car's hood. At dusk he retched the Canadian War Cemetery it Bergen-Op-Zoom, Holland, whtre 1800 Canadian graves were bright with flowers placed there by tho Dutch people. Tht Prlmt Minister placed a wreath on the bue of the central white crou netr a Canadian flag railed ibove rows of smaller white crosses. He stood with bead bowed and I military bind played the Canadian and Dutch National Anthems. At Putte hi passed under an arch bearing a reminder that the village wai liberated by the Canadians Oct. t, 1044, and that 12 Canadian soldiers lott their lives there. Mr. King nw the grivei of such Cinadian dead at a cemetery where, In the twilight, he walked among crouei beirlng ntmes such is Spr. L R. McCtw, Brig. J. N. Une, Pte. A. Donduluk and Bdr. II. S. Martin. Wreithi alio were placed by Dutch representatives Including thoie who tint cooperated with Canadian ,oldlers is members of the reilitmee movement (See also itory on page 8.) NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (AP) - Pivotal industrial shares sagged ln the final hour of today's stock market, carrying average prices to their lowest since Sept. 30. Favorable dividend and earnings news was ignored and the unfavorable emphasized, as' early resistance by some sections of the list was followed by a downward drifL Many issues closed at their lows for the day with losses of fractions to around 2 points. Sales were 900,000 shares compared with 720,000 Monday. In Its sharpest decline so far this month, The Aisociated Press stock composite dipped .5 of a point to 64.7. Of 1003 issues registering 450 retreated and 335 advanced. Commission houses attributed market pessimism to doubts over maintenance of profit margins and to uncertainty over antl-lnflation moves by the ipeclal Congressional •ession. Douglas Aircraft, which urged airlinei to ground iti DS-6 plinei pending inquiry Into recent mil- haps, closed 1% lower at 40y«. Bohn Aluminum skidded to a new 1(47 low, closing off 2% it 3314 on a dividend reduction, while Pennsylvinli Rillroad at UVi wu down Va of a point after director! omitted ictlon on i^ second 1847 dividend. VANCOUVER, Nov. 12 (CP) - Trading was light and changu slight in the afternoon teulon on Vancouver Stock Exchange with oils, mlnei and lnduitrlali edging off. Salei for the day totalled 15,770 iharet. In olli Anglo Canadian tjropp.d I tb 1.45 while ln mines Pioneer fell 10 to 3.78 tnd Cariboo traded SffiWyP-f. mttmm ilM M 3.50 whllt Cut W. Lamb. "B" , at 3.25 ln industrials. tb told To Ban lmporti of American Rye OTTAWA, Nov. 12 (CP) - The Cinadlan Oovernment, acting at the requett of the United States Government, his taken step, to ban the importation of Americin rye Into Cinidi until further notice, lt wu leirned authoritatively today. The prohibition, aimed at plugging leaki in the American food eoniervitlon program, Is embodied ln an order-ln-councll Just passed by the Cabinet and wlll bring to a halt I flow of this cereal grain into Weitern Canada which was said to have reached lubstantial proportion!. WINNIPEO. Nov. 12 (CP)-Graln deileri In Winnipeg said tonight that the flow of United Slate, rye Into Canada—■ flow which the Canadian Government Is about to ban —was brlik earlier this Fall but of lite hid been falling off. QUICKIES ... By Ken Reynolds Plu Normandie Fire on Spy NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (AP) - France Amer I que, New York French-language newipiper, aald today a German ipy wu reiponilble for tbe blue aboard the M0 - 000,000 French liner Normandie which converted the ihip into a flame-charred hulk tt its pitr here Feb. 9, 1942. The paper nld the ipy now Is held in Germany on a murder charge. It quoted him as saying several former members of the German- American Bund were working on the Normandie, which was being converted to a troop transport, and that these men were among those acting under his orders who set fire to life belts with their solder lamps. G. F. Estrangln, the paper's newi editor, who wrote the story, said it ls based on material obtained ln Vew York and Europe. The day after the Normandie fire, District Attorney Frank Hogan attributed the disaster to sparks from a welder's torch and said "there is no evidence of sabotage." m* ♦ I f1k+ kelson's NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA-THURSDAY MORNINQ. NOV. ... 1947 Tt t. IN BARTENDER. DISPUTE HERE Will Ask Government Intervention if Negotiations Fail SEEK $8 RAISE Deadline for in agreement In I wigt dlipute bttwttn tht International Birttndtrt Union tnd tht Hotelmen's Auoclition of Ntlion hu been itt for Stturdty. Unlen a lettlement I* retohtd In the month-old dispute, Labor Dtpirtmtnt Intervention wlll bt •ought undtr tht provliloni of Bill 39 and tht queitlon will go before t Conciliation Officer for irbltrition. Strike ictlon wlll bt Uktn ihould theie channel, for agreement be exhausted. The Union li uklng a pty Incrtut from 134 to $42 weekly ind wtrt ottered $36. Pruident A. O. Buth and Secretary John Brlnley reprtunt the Union In negotiationi with the Hotelmen'i executive. De Gaulle Urges Alliance Against Reds PARIS, Nov. 12 (AP) - Oen. Charlei de Gaulle today urged France to takt the lead ln forming alliances with the United Statei, Brlttln and other countriei "who feel themselves similarly mentced" by Communism. "France must take the initiative becauie she Is the most menaced," the leader of the anti-Communist Ruiemblement du Peuple Francaii told i preu conference. "France it the most menaced externally by thli enormoui power— the mott formidable lha hu ever faced-and internally beciuie, Independent of her own force, thli power hu assistance within France," De Gaulle declared. Ont of the alms of the R.P.F., which ihowed surprising itrength tn France's recent munlclpil election!, wu to foiter iuch t system of alliances ll he proposed. Ht declared that treatle, iheuld be concluded Immediately with _^-i&_£__W--***-»Bd Brlt- ■lh, but that theu illl.net. mutt bt for ipeclflc purpoie,, irrived it a, equal,. France must not appear tn the role of beggar. On the contrary the muit "work ln conjunction" with the United Statea on full equality. The United Stitei could furnlih economic ild, while Frince could furnlih her "geographical position and moral Influence In Europe." Reuther Forces Sweep Offices ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Nov. 12 (AP) — The triumphant Walter Reuther forcei In the United Auto Workeri (C.I.O.) tumbled tobacco- chewing R. J. Thomai and mild- mannered Dick Leonard out of their Vlce-Presidential Job, today. Completing the Reuther iweep of four top Union offices, the U.A.W. convention turned Leonard's post over to Regional Director John W. Livingston ot SL Louis. hi . 11 A few hours earlier Thorns, wa, beaten by Dick Gosser, in Relocation Camp Some 58 Canadian citizen, of Japanese racial origin wlll iptnd thl Wlnttr in two huts it tht formtr No. 23 S.F.T.S., R.A.F, four mlltl South of Mooie Jtw, Suk., In the fact of their refuial to tike employment offered In othtr pirti of Canada. Tht Japaneie holdouts refine to tccept employment unlen thty ire allowed to rtturn to thtlr formtr homei on the Brltlih Columbia coait. Thty alio want thtlr clalmi againit the Government for lel.ure of thtlr property In B.C. at the start of the war with Japan, settled. Mott of thoie remilnlng at the Mooie Jiw cimp hive at lent one mtmber of thtlr fimlllti working tt virlou, job, In Mooie Jtw, thut providing food for the reit .of the fimily. Tht Oovtrnment cloud thl community men hill In Auguit tnd ilnct tht holdout! htvt bttn providing their own meali. Tht Oovernment contlnuei to pty for hltt, light tnd wittr it tht two hub where they trt now concentrated. Abovt trt Ihown some of them It tht Mooie Jiw relocation otmp. SAYS GOLD OPERATIONS AT HALF OF PRE-WAR CAPACITY; FIXED PRICE HURTS KIRKLAND LAKE, OnL, Nov. 12* (CP) — E. Lang Miller, President of the Botrd of Directors of Wrlght- Hargreavos Mlnei Limited, today told the innuil Botrd meeting thtt tht Cinidian gold-mining Induitry it operating at lets than 90 per cent of pre-wir capacity. He blamed labor ihortages tnd riling costs. lnereued costs confronting the Induitry, In' view of the fixed price of gold, preiented "moit difficult" problemi. Pltclng tht Cantdltn dollar at parity with tht United SUtei dollir reduced grou Income of Wrlght- Hargreaves by 10 per cent, reflected in a four-cents-i-share reduction In dlvidtndi, ht laid. Wrlght-Hirgretvet now ls the deepest mine on the North American continent A shad recently completed goes down to 7272 feet. Mr. Milter was re-elected President of the Board of Director!. Referendum on Trail Town Planning Seen TBAIL, B.C., Nov. li - The Trail Tadanae Town Planning Commission, under the chairmanship of Ernest Mason, wept through t harrowing three hour meeting ln the City Hall Wedneiday night. The hall wu packed with lntereited cltl.ens. Tht Commission wu deluged with queitioni md criticisms about the propoied zoning bylaw and ilthough answers were provided by memberi of the Commiuion the Trellite. went homtdeclaring them- "WWWTMtt'no. colfttnc_(_ thtt the Town Planning wu good for Trail. They trgued thit Trail would suffer seriom lou of revenue, t minority would suffer hardship. Although the Town Planning Commlulon Is i joint Trail- Ttdtnic body, thoie that attended the meet- To Issue Wedding Stamp OTTAWA, Nov. 12 (CP) - ipeclal four-cent postage stamp will;lng were all Trail resident., be Issued next An. 15 to comment-1 It was evident from the rapret- orate the marriage of Princess sloni and opinions offered and Elizabeth to Lieut. Philip Mount-1 from the existence of a petition batten, lt was announced today The stamp, which will supplement the regular four-cent denomination for two or three months, will bear a portrait of the Princess. The color of the Issue hai not yet been decided upon but probably will oe reddish brown. The stamp will be of approximately the same size as the current four-cent Issue. PARTIAL ECLIPSE SEEN FROM NELSON If any Kootenay residents chanced against the plan that a referendum would be taken before any action ls taken by the Clly Council. Want Democratic Spanish Regime By ROSS MUNRO Canadian Pnu Staff Writer LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Nov NUMIIR 1W Political Wave of Terror Sweeps SEES RUIH OF INDUSTRY FROM PACKING STRIKES Wheat Pool Claims Uncertain Markets .. Force Herd Cuts SEEK COMMISSION REGINA, Nov. 12 (CP)-Canadt'i llvutock Industry will ihrlnk Into unimportance If recurring packinghouse strikes continue, the Saskatchewan wheat pool said today, aik' ing for a Royal Commission to prevent future itrikei in packing plants. Louei luffered by llveitock producer! during packing strikes forced them to reduce their flocks and herds, the pool said in a itatement issued from Ita annual convention, "Packing companlei and labor union leaden muit be brought to realize that unleu they can find a more satisfactory method of adjusting labor relations than the method uied In recent yetn, the llveitock induitry may well reach the point where lt ceases to be in important factor, either ln the agricultural in. dustry, or ln the builneu of packing plant operation and iti ability to provide employment ln Weitern Canada,' 'the itatement read. MARKETINGS PLUNGE Earlier todty the pool reported that hog marketings in Saskatchewan dropped 36.09 per cent during the yetr ending July SI while etttlt marketings dropped 12.02 per cent ln the same period. The pool will uk the Canadian federation ot Agriculture to preu for a Royal (Commlulon to Invee tlgate the induitry "with a view to recommending whatever action might be found neceutry to prevent tbe repetition ot Industrial disputes iuch ti led to the recent packing houie worken* itrike." Claiming that the llveitock producer—"att innocent third party"— was practically the sole sufferer in packing strikes, the pool aid the value of livestock depreciated sharply during strike! hi the marketing season. Seek Simple Life On Jungle Isle ikles'(CP) t A toned-down resolution , i three weeks, build homes, sow crops smoked | timed agtlnst the Franco regime in!and _.,,-, bro--_- ,0 p-ovlde „v. to peer through dismal Wednesday morning glasses they might have seen a .Spain was approved by a vote of partial eclipse of the sun. 29 lo 6 in the United Nation, Politl- The phenomenon, which occurs!"1 Committee today, with Canada, powerful occasionally with the coming of the ith LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (AP)-A dozen farmen, and the wlvu of five of them, departed today for i Pacific Jungle island Intent on itart Ing lives anew. Described by their leader u Thoroughly discourtged trying to Uve here in the ftce of high prlcu and the housing shortage," they cm' barked aboard the 74-foot tug Aster for Chirote, off tht Province of Chlrlqul, Panama. In charge of Harper Henry of Los Angeles, who recently purchased the Island, the Intrepid voyagers hope 12 to reach their destination in tbout by i.._ Toledo, Ohio, libor leader. jnew moon, was visible ln Nelson The election itampede got off to through clouded skies between 10 a flying start yesterday whin Reuther wu reelected Preiident without organized opposition and Emil Vlazey defeited Secretary-Treasurer Oeorge F. Addas. a.m. and noon. People living near the equator would have seen the full annular Statei and IS other countriei abstaining as an indirect protest. The resolution reaffirmed a decision by the General Assembly of last Dec. 12. which called on U.N. SUSPEND MASTER'S AND MATE'S CERTIFICATES only partially eclipsed. Packing Princess' Wedding Qift Department of Transport Com- ei mission, headed by Mr. Justice Sld- VANCOUVER, Nov. 12 (CP) - eclipse, but Canadians saw the ,un!memb"* to withdraw their diplo- Ca , j j Craddock, Muter of the Imito from Madrid and requeited! M.Vi Gul, streim ^^10 on the Security Council to act if 1 Dinner Rock, near Powell River, democratic regime were no instill-Lc 0-t u w)th lo„ „, ,,v- „ ed in Spain In a reasonable time. ,..d h„d h„ certlflciU ,u,p.nded Earlier, Poland. Oscar Lange!,.. Jx _.._„,, wlthd ew hi- resolution urging the | The „.,-,-,,.-- -,,, ord.-ed b . Security Council to consider the' Spanish iltuatlon "within one month" and to impose economic unctions against Spain in an effort, * ... , ;o oust Generalissimo Tranco. L^™**,****** **' Ketchum's cer- He said he agreed to drop lt for ll!'"1%°1 competency wti suspend- lhe sake of unity, but even thf*.* '<*"* porters detlred. inoon 0' Nov- ••• Person s certlfl- The Canadian delegation opposed'"*'*"* not impended. the watered-down SpanUh resolu-! The stranding of the Gulf Stream ■j-- 1 was caused by ■ wrongful ict or A'Canadian ipokeiman later ex-1M*a*} ot the veuel', muter md plilned thit while Cinada a_»oci-!**cond m'te. tne Commlulon found, tied henelf with iny declaration!0*'"11- ,or the Judgment will be Of "abhorrence of the Franco re-!'orw"'r'Iei- -° th" Pederil Minister lime," she doein't believe it lijof Transport, ind later will be made •"constitutionally proper" for the I Public. Auembly to recommend Security j — —— Council ictlon against Spain V! ir DISPUTE NEAR It Is determined that the situationI*"*' w * ** ■""■•^",' conitltult. a "threat to the pe»cc"SETTLEMENT BriUln, Russia. Trance and China wtre among thoae voting for the resolution ind ilx Latin Amerlcin countrlei oppoted It Other ibiten- tloni Included South Africa. Auitnlii, Piklitin, The Philippines ind The Netherlindi. "You always laid I ihould hava a hobby — well, I found ona In todiy'i Ntwt Wint Adil" it Nelion'i wtddlng gift of food ftr tht ptoplt of Nelion, Lancaihire, England, I, btlng ptektd by tht group abovt tt tht Scout Hill. Tht picking will continut tl domtlon, come from oltl-em. Neirly 200 parceli win ptoktd tht flnt thrtt night,, total wtight of the pirceli btlng ipproxlmitely 1100 poundi. Boy Scout Commluloner D. L. Ure, In ihlrttlttvti, li mlittd by Aultttnt Scout Muter Bob Covinlry, at Ntr, and Alilitant Cub Maiter dim Mtclntoih. Tht lidlt, trt Mrt. H. H, Currlt, Mn. W. L H, Holmei, Mrl. W. Qopp, Mrt. Q. Htllett, Mn. A. O. Pentl.nd, Mlu M. Irving tnd Mlu K. Renton. Note Prlnceu Eliu- btth In Quldt uniform tnd Royil Family In pie- turn It rear. —Dtlly New, photo. Carrier Attacked VANCOUVER, Nov. 12 (CP)-Er- iii".1 Dalikog, International repreientatlve of the International Woodworker, pf America, declired todiy that the current dlipute tt the Million. B. C., plmt of the Eddy Mitch Compiny soon miy bt settled, and uld thtt negotiitloni bttwttn tht Union tnd Compiny ire continuing "amicably". Tht I. W. A.'i original wtge demind of 21 centi in hour Inereau ll rtporttd to htvt betn reduced to 17V, centi. Inflation ond Strikes Rouse Country; Gunman Lynched, Common Mon Forty Headquarters, News Offices Wrecked ROME, Nov. 12 (AP)—The newspapers of Italy thundered angry denunciations against the Right and the Left tonight as widespread violence and terror, particularly in the industrial North, took a casualty toll of four dead and seven wounded In 24 hours. All the deaths occurred Tuesday night when, In the village of Mediglia near Milan, a man identified as a member of the rightist Uomo Qualunque (Common Man) movemeht stationed himself in a hayloft and shot one leftist demonstrator to death and wounded two others. Shortly afterwqrds he was lynched. ♦ Union Leader Vlto Plpttone wai | killed In Sicily while returning from a farmen' meeting near Palermo and a former Partisan was beaten to death near Bologna. The wave of terror, conceded by -bservers to be of political origin, wai accompanied by new expressions of popular anger at a zoom upward in prlcei, after recent declines, and a country-wide strike of gas worki employeei that deprived Rome, tht fint city affected, of illuminating gu. Leftists stormed through central Milan today, deitroyed the headquarters of the Common Man Party, wrecked offices in which the Right- lit newspaper Imattino d'ltalia ll publlihed tnd ucked the heidquirten ot the Rightist Socialist movement "Drab" Wedding Rouses Protests By JOHN CAPREOL LONDON, Nov. 12 (Re_ten) - Sections of tht Brltlth preu, echoing the dissatisfaction miny Londoners feel It the drabness of Princess Elizabeth's wedding arrangements, trt demanding more color ud pageantry to allow the people to vent their "zest for fun and «**4ttS"*'' -They wint muiic tnd floodlights, fireworki ind dancing in the itreeti, parties and processions, Hut ind briHfcn. tmtforrni en Nov. 20. But the ministries concerned nld "Ho." The Miniitry at Fuel reiterated today that private firmi would not be granted licences to flood-light their building! on the wedding night The Wir Mlnlitry nld the que.. tlon of unlformi—silver helmets •nd Jackboots or plain khaki for the household cavalry, cuirasses, bearskin, tnd plumei or battledress for the Guardi—still it under con- sideration but t ipokeiman was not -very hopeful ROUTE INADEQUATE A Buckingham Palace official said it wu most unlikely that the wedding route will be lengthened, but the Evening Standard today declar ed that the route trom Buckingham Palace to Weitmlniter Abbey wai quite inadequate for the millions who would want to iee the proces. slon. The paper contended It wu still not too late to lengthen It. The Buckingham Palace official uld that the bride and bridegroom would give the people every chance to congratulate them when they appeared on the palace balcony after the wedding. District Farm Products ior Toronto Fair VICTORIA, Nov. 1. (CP) - Tht Provincial Department of Agriculture today reported that 22 crop exhibits will be sent from Brltllh Columbia to the Toronto Royal Winter Fair to be held Nov. 18-28. It is believed a number of livestock exhibit! will'also be sent. The exhibitors srt: L. Bond, Hornby Island, red clover; T. Barnei, Victoria, beets; J, E Mark- ell, Grand Forks, potatoes; P. Tjebbes, Grand Forks, potatoes; C. A. Pennoyer, Grand Forki, potatoei; Don Wllion, Ladyimlth, potatoei (two); Bert Young, Koksllth, wheat, oats, two varieties barley; Mr% A, Kelaey, Erlckion, wheat, ton, applet; E. Smith, Courtenay, potitoei; J. Reld, Merville, potatoei; W. Illenbank, Merville, potatoei; Iti Brown, Fort St. John, alfalfa, creeping red feicue; Ronayne Broi., Pemberton, potatoei (two); P, E. B. Farmi, Wellington, potatoei. Wismer Alter Strike Solution VANCOUVER, Nov. 12 (CP) - Another of a series of conference! was ln progress late todty 11 Labor Miniiter Wismer sought • "concrete proposal" for settlement of the 24- day walkout of 2800 transit workeri In Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster. Mr. Wismer put certain propoull before repreientativei of the British Columbia Electric Railway Com* pany and the Street Railwaymen'i Union (A.F.L.) in his hunt for a settlement formula, but declined to give details. There were reports that the men were prepared to accept a 15 cent an hour pay boost, based on a one year contract, but there wu no official confirmation. Earlier demand! called for 20 cents an hour and a 40-hour week, based on a two year agreement. The men twice rejected offers of a 10 cent pay boost Demand of Harold E. Winch, C.C.F. Opposition Leader, that 1 special session of the Legislature be called to deal with the transportation crisis, found little favor Ln Government or union-management circles. Gounded Pending Investigation WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (AP) The White House innounced today the grounding of Preiident Truman's plane, • DC-8 named the Independence. The Independence will remain grounded until officials are satis- fled there Is no poulbllity of danger. The action followed the crash In Utah lait month of a United Airlines DC-6, after a fire broke out aboard. Yeiterday another fire cauied an American Airlinei ship NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (AP)—In* of the same type to land at Gallup, ternational Nickel Co. reported net N.M., after flames began -pouting profit for nine months ended Sept from beneith its fuselage. 30 of $23,522,811, equal to $1,91 a At least four airlines grounded | common share, compared with $19,- thelr huge DC-9 planes, pending the 556,009 or $1.24 a share for the ilka Inquiry. I period of 1948. Seven-Day Term for False Alarm NEW WESTMINSTER, Nov. 12 (CP) — A 19-year-old Quebec youth, Stuart Ross, today wai sentenced to seven days hard labor In Oakalla Prison following his conviction on a charge of turning ln • false fire alarm. In passing sentence, Magistrate Edmonds said, "This ls an indictable offense. I am going to give you time to think about It." FARM SUBSIDIES, LIQUOR, WOMEN'S INSTITUTES ON TORY MANIFESTO VANCOUVER, Nov. 12 (CP) - Oeorge Edward Richardson, 11- year-old newspaper carrier, wu ■truck over tht head today by a man who attempted neither rob- _. ,,,,,., bery or further violence. 70-CINT IUTTIR CODING. The atlicker, detcrlbed 11 ibout j VANCOUVIR, Nov. 12 (CP)-It 21. lmmedlitely btcamt tht object |wu reported today thit butttr mty of 1 pollct tttrch ipurred by sioon coit Vincouvtr houitwlvti 70 ■trln of ilmllir icti o* violence ctn-, 1 pound or more. Wholetilt which ltd month eulmlntted In Iht prlct htre remiintd it 80 ctntt, but bnital bludgeon-alaylng of eight- Increuei In Eutern Canadi indicit- year-old Roddy Moon. ed • booit within • ftw dtyt. By • Ctnidlin Preu Stiff Writer CHARLOTTE TOWN, Nov. 12 (CP)—Autonomy and a jubsldy for Women's Institutes, transfer of adminlitrition of the Prohibition Act from the attorney-general to an Independent commission, a referendum on liquor administration If demanded and subsidies for grain fertilizer wtre highlights of the Pro greuvt Coniervitlve platform announced here tonight Dr. W. J. P. MtcMllltn, party ltidtr tnd ont-tlme premier, innounctd hit manifesto tor the Dec. 11 Princt Edwird liland general election. The C.C.F., tint out with ltt min- Ifetto, but Itlll with nominations Incomplete, htl offtrtd 1 program ftttured by t referendum on the liquor queitlon In thli "dry" province tnd public control of electrification. of land and road taxet—amounting to about $100,000 annually. The Liberal Government of Premier J. Walter Jones had a 20-10 edge at dissolution of the unique leglsli- turc which sees the property vote represented by councillors. The Increase ln the cost of feed grains may bo an Important luue in the election and the platform announced tonight Include! 1 promlie of subsidies for fertilizer uied In growing iuch grain. Dr. MacMillan promlied that hll pirty, If elected, would encourige greater production of home-grown grain; that "we will assist the farmer by meant of a subsidy on grain, puture and. hay fertilizers." He would withdraw the attorney general's prerogative on liquor and admlnlitretlon of the "dry act" would be placed in the handi of an Independent commlulon. "A referendum on the queitlon of WOULD ABOLISH TAXES liquor tdmlnUtration under IU prei- The Liberil idmlnlitratlon hu ent Prohibition Act will be granted iteertd cleir of the ncllcate llquorion the dtsniind of a representative qutitlon tnd hu fetturtd tbolltlonl number of elector!." .: .. . ., .».s.-_L-*..-_-.'.-.-,.| ; - NILSON DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY, NOV. 11,1947 tnm^Mk/k^ C. Holmberg Of Willow Point Dies af 81 Charlei Holmberg, i reildent ot tbe North Shore ilnce Itll, died Wedneiday morning it the home ol hli daughter, Mn. John Learmonth, Willow Point He had suffered i lengthy Illneu. A native of Norsholm, Sweden, he came to Cinada 53 yeari ago. Mr. Holmberg settled of the prairies near Winnipeg, and he wai lait of charter memberi of Norden Lodge, formed at Winnipeg about half a century ago. From Winnipeg, he came to the Weit Kootenay and since 1911 hai lived at Balfour and at Willow Point. A carpenter by trade, he built the Willow Point Anglican Church, SL Andrew'i by-the-Lake. He wis 81 yeari of age on OcL 18. Survivors are hll daughter at Willow Point, a iliter In the United Statei, and three grandchildren, Herbert, Marjorle and Marlon Lear- month, all at Willow Point He wai predeceased by hit wife ln 1929. STAND BY BURNING SHIP •AN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12 (AP) — Thl Amerlcin tteimer Boonetborough hai reiched thl burning Dutch ihlp Alpherat In the South China Sea and li itandlng by te take off puiengen If neeeuiry, Globe wlreleu wel idvlied by ltl Manila office todiy. BALKED ON RECORD TRY BTJHBANK, Cilif., Nov. 12 (API- Speed flyer Paul Manti returned to Lockheed Air Terminal at 8 p.m. (PST) today, three houn after he took off on an attempt to lower hii trancontlnental West-East flight record. Manti reported he got ai far ai Albuquerque, N.M., then found the tall wlndi "were no good" and encountered 100 mile cross wlndi. Sorority Pledges The Weather Four Initiates Forecut: . Kooteniy—Overcut. Widely icit tered inowflurriei. Windi light B.C. lot. Chaster of Bet. 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